I never set out to become
a menopause specialist.
In fact, when my own symptoms started,
I'd never even heard of perimenopause.
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Nobody had prepared me for this.
I knew about menopause, of course.
Hot flushes. Periods stopping. Something that happened somewhere around 50.
But perimenopause? I'd never even heard of it.
And I was already working in women's health.
So when I started waking in the night, feeling exhausted, anxious and generally not like myself, I didn't understand what was happening.
I tried to fix it.
I read.
I researched.
I tried different things.
But mostly, I kept going.
And when I eventually realised that all of these seemingly unrelated things could be connected to perimenopause, I was angry.
How had I got this far through my life without knowing something that could have such an enormous impact on it?
Why weren't women being prepared for this?
Why were we only finding out about perimenopause once we were already struggling?
That anger made me want to understand.
Not just “this is perimenopause.”
I wanted to know why I felt the way I did —
and what I could actually do about it.
And that changed everything.
I wanted better answers for women.
What started as trying to understand my own body became something much bigger.
I trained in menopause and women's health, learning everything I could about what was happening during this transition and how we could better support women through it.
But the more I learned — and the more women I worked with — the clearer something became.
Women weren't short of information.
They were overwhelmed by it.
Advice for sleep. Supplements for anxiety. Diets for weight gain. Exercises for aching joints.
A different solution for every symptom.
But very little helping women step back,
look at the whole picture and understand what was actually going on in their body.
I wanted someone to join the dots.
Then I saw what could happen in just one day.
I created the first dedicated menopause retreats in my area because I wanted to give women the chance to step away from all the noise and look at perimenopause
from every angle.
And I saw the same thing happen again and again.
THEY ARRIVED
Tired.
Overwhelmed.
Sometimes in pain.
Unsure where to turn.
THEY LEFT
Relaxed.
Positive.
Empowered.
Feeling hopeful again.
Nothing about their lives had changed in those few hours.
But the way they felt about what was happening to them had.
They understood what was happening in their bodies. Things made sense.
And they could see that there were things they could do to support themselves.
This was exactly what I'd needed too.
Those retreats shaped the way I work with women today.
They showed me what happens when women are given the time, support and space to understand the bigger picture — rather than trying to figure everything out on their own.
And ultimately, that approach became the foundation for
The Perimenopause Protocol.
